Our Saturday in Austin was relatively tame -- no man-made clouds, no crazy Austin City Limits tapings (although friends hit Wilco at 4PM), and, sadly, no White Stripes. The loss of Jack 'n' Meg just exacerbated the fact that... CONTINUE READING AUSTIN CITY LIMITS '07: ARCTIC MONKEYS, CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH, MUSE»
Posted on September 16, 2007 in (17 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Austin City Limits | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Muse
Favourite Worst Nightmare has its bright spots, but "Fluorescent Adolescent" is the song that single-handedly justified the round-one Arctic hype for us, proving that the band could mature into their sound and still craft a pithy hook. And this performance... CONTINUE READING ARCTIC MONKEYS CLOWN AROUND ON A FACE-PAINTED "ADOLESCENT"»
Posted on July 9, 2007 in (7 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys
On what would have been Princess Diana's 46th birthday, a large list of huge names you mostly don't give a shit about paid their tribute in song at Wembley, the creepiest of which was Diddy's re-appropriation of the Police with... CONTINUE READING DIDDY MISSES DIANA, TOM JONES COVERS ARCTIC MONKEYS»
Posted on July 2, 2007 in (22 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Diddy | Tom Jones
In talking summer fest season, Arctic Monkeys bassist Nick O'Malley talked "Fluorescent Adolescent" with NME, saying, "It's a bit of a summer hit that one ... we've been playing it all across America. When Alex says, 'This next song's "Fluroescent... CONTINUE READING NEW ARCTIC MONKEYS VIDEO - "FLUORESCENT ADOLESCENT"»
Posted on June 6, 2007 in (5 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Used to be the only things that bound together Amy Winehouse and Arctic Monkeys was excrement (the Monkeys had a potty pilfered while Amy had her mug emblazoned another) -- but now we've got this track to put that toilet... CONTINUE READING ARCTIC MONKEYS COVER AMY WINEHOUSE»
Posted on May 23, 2007 (21 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Arctic Monkeys
Still sitting atop the UK charts three weeks after their record's release, Arctic Monkeys continued their Favourite Worst Nightmare romp through the states with a stop at Hammerstein Ballroom last night. The night featured minimal banter, a fairly frenzied crowd,... CONTINUE READING PHOTOS: ARCTIC MONKEYS @ HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM 5/15/07»
Posted on May 16, 2007 in (15 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys
With Favourite Worst Nightmare, Arctic Monkeys make good on the cocky promise/threat/bumper sticker slogan in the title of their hot-cakes debut, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. Nowadays it's way too limiting to linger on the Sheffield... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: ARCTIC MONKEYS - FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE»
Posted on April 19, 2007 in (22 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys
This week's NME solves a mystery that's bedeviled Arctic Monkeys fans since the oddly-titled "Brianstorm" broke last month: Who the hell is this Brian, and how did he get his own song?ALEX TURNER: We were playing a gig once and... CONTINUE READING THE LIFE OF BRIAN»
Posted on April 6, 2007 in (10 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Arctic Monkeys
The press tour is shifting into high gear for Arctic Monkeys, getting closer to unleashing their Favourite Worst Nightmare on fans excited by the killer first single "Brianstorm" (that includes us, though second leaked track "505" isn't quite as exciting)... CONTINUE READING ARCTIC MONKEYS SLING SHITE AT RADIO 1, HIP HOP, MARK RONSON»
Posted on April 5, 2007 in (14 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Mark Ronson
Arctic Monkeys reveal the cover for their new album. Either it's not bad, or we've been seeing some shite covers recently. (Answer: both.) We're gonna call the font "Monkey Sans," unless you have a better idea. ... CONTINUE READING FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE COVER»
Posted on April 2, 2007 (22 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Pontiak
The Klaxonsification of the A'Monks on the ass-kicking first single from Favourite Worst Nightmare gets some visual accompaniment here, with a slinky-clad dance troupe doused in quick flashes of technicolor, spliced with some old-school archival film footage. First mention of... CONTINUE READING NEW ARCTIC MONKEYS VIDEO - "BRIANSTORM"»
Posted on March 14, 2007 in (17 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys
The BBC's Zane Lowe show premiered Arctic Monkeys' first single from the forthcoming Favourite Worst Nightmare, and it's a fuzzier, more intense, post-Klaxons sound we're hearing from the Sheffield lads. Head to Scatter o' Light to grab the isolated MP3... CONTINUE READING NEW ARCTIC MONKEYS - "BRIANSTORM"»
Posted on March 1, 2007 in (26 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys
The night before the mainstream music industry self-fellated on worldwide television, the indie scene had a little backslapping of its own at Irving Plaza for the PLUG Awards show which, despite being rough around the edges, was a decent time.... CONTINUE READING 2007 PLUG AWARDS»
Posted on February 12, 2007 (13 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Band Of Horses | David Cross | Neko Case | Stephen Malkmus | Sufjan Stevens | Yo La Tengo
At a secret show Saturday night at the 900-capacity Leadmill in Sheffield, Arctic Monkeys previewed the spiky guitars and wry witticisms from their forthcoming record Favourite Worst Nightmare, including "D Is For Dangerous," which sounds like the love child of... CONTINUE READING NEW ARCTIC MONKEYS - "D IS FOR DANGEROUS"»
Posted on February 12, 2007 in (9 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys
On their most recent photo shoot, that is. Via Daily Record:ARCTIC MONKEYS had a toilet nicked when they were working on the artwork for their new album. Three unoccupied houses featured designs from a number of artists. The interiors were... CONTINUE READING ARCTIC MONKEYS DIDN'T TAKE ANY SHIT»
Posted on January 26, 2007 (6 comments)
Tags: Andrew Bird | Arctic Monkeys
WELCOME2007 WINNERS2006 WinnersCOMMENTS Glad you guys could join us for this, the presentation of the 25th annual Gummy Awards! We promise we'll keep this thing under three hours (har). It's time for us to honor those characters in the... CONTINUE READING 2006 GUMMY AWARD WINNERS»
Posted on December 21, 2006 in , , (106 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Bono | BRIT Awards | Cat Power | Feist | Ryan Adams | Sufjan Stevens | The Hold Steady | Top Chef | U2
'Tis the season for music journos and bloggers to rank and rate their favorite musical discoveries of the year. And thanks to a fine transcribing soul at ILM, we have NME's rankings right here. By their lists, this was the... CONTINUE READING NME'S ALBUMS AND SINGLES OF '06»
Posted on December 6, 2006 in , , (83 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | CSS | Gnarls Barkley | Hot Chip | Muse | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Go go Gossip girl. Beth Ditto is the first bird to top NME's annual "Cool List." The Brit rag's 2005 countdown placed Alex Turner at #1; the Arctic Monkey's dropped 31 points (the science behind this is complicated). But don't... CONTINUE READING NME LOVES GOSSIP, DOESN'T CARE ABOUT KANYE WEST»
Posted on November 21, 2006 in , , , (46 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Kanye West | Lily Allen | The Gossip | The Horrors
Some of the finest names in corporate rock are offering their songs for a cause greater than themselves or their rankings in Q polls. Acts like Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, U2, Coldplay, Sting, Jack Johnson, and Kaiser Chiefs are collaborating... CONTINUE READING RUMBA FOR DISASTER RELIEF»
Posted on October 17, 2006 (7 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Coldplay | Radiohead | U2
DEAR JANN, We were so excited to open our mailbox today and see the lovely and talented Stacy Ferguson on the cover of your "Hot List" issue [RS 1011]. The article was, in a word, risiculous! But why edit... CONTINUE READING DEAR JANN»
Posted on October 7, 2006 (46 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Cold War Kids | Fergie | Tapes 'N Tapes
Now that we know what Brits wanna hear when they're dead, we're curious what the living are listening to. The busy pollsters at NME contacted a cross-section of the UK's student body in an effort to uncover their "favourite" dancefloor... CONTINUE READING DANCE TO JOY DIVISION, OR TO JOJO?»
Posted on October 2, 2006 in , (13 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Bloc Party | Franz Ferdinand | The Killers | The Smiths | The Strokes
Memo to Yahoo! Science News: Arctic Monkeys are not actually monkeys... ...We think. UPDATE: Donate it to pandas!... CONTINUE READING DON'T PET THE MERCURY WINNERS»
Posted on September 7, 2006 (8 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not won that British music contest all the bloggers like to write about. According to NME.com, upon his band's win, main Monkey Alex Turner said, "Somebody call 999, Richard Hawley's been robbed!"... CONTINUE READING ARCTIC MONKEYS WIN MERCURY PRIZE»
Posted on September 5, 2006 (50 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Eagles Of Death Metal | Patton Oswalt
Lindsay Lohan, who is all grown up if you didn't hear, continues to fascinate with her denials about global warming (iFilm). But this is a music blog. And we wanna know what's on her iPod! Westwood One comes through:LINDSAY LOHAN:... CONTINUE READING LINDSAY LOHAN VERY INTO .38 SPECIAL, BRITISH PUNK ROCK»
Posted on June 12, 2006 (21 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Goldfrapp | Hard-Fi | Lindsay Lohan | Pat Benatar | Tegan And Sara | The Academy Is...
This month Arctic Monkeys lost bassist Andy Nicholson, Panic! At The Disco lost bassist Brent Wilson ... and now Deerhoof loses bassist Chris Cohen. It's true what they say about bassists quitting in threes. Pitchfork also has two other fun... CONTINUE READING BASSISTS NEEDED»
Posted on May 23, 2006 (11 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Deerhoof | Panic! At The Disco
